artına-allına qaramay
/artɯna-allɯna qaramaj/
Literal translation
not looking behind or ahead
Intended meaning
Acting or speaking at once and decisively, without putting it off or wavering.
- Jarahmat keçe belinde tebire dese da, allıma-artıma qaramay, jolğa çığarğa hazır edim.Even if Zharahmat told me to set out in the middle of the night, I was ready to take to the road without a second thought.
- Men aŋa bir barayım. Artına-allına qaramay, üyüne barırça eteyim, – dep qızadı Çonay qatınına."Let me go to him. Let me make him go home without hesitating," Chonay says heatedly to his wife.
Variants
- artha-alğa salmay
Sources
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 53
- Къарачай тилни фразеология сёзлюгю (1992), p. 38